Posted at 06/18/21 2:58 PM
Former Japanese Justice Minister Katsuyuki Kawai was sentenced Friday to 3 years in prison and a fine of 1.3 million yen ($12,000) for vote buying aimed at securing a seat for his wife in the 2019 upper house election.
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Sen. Richard Gordon gave several suggestions on who should be voted the next president in 2022, saying the next Chief Executive should be a "president that we can all be proud of."
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Republican US Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene publicly apologized on Monday for her remarks last month comparing COVID-19 mask requirements and vaccinations to the Nazi Holocaust that killed 6 million Jews.
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China is hoping a major policy shift allowing couples to have up to three children – scrapping a two-child limit – will help tackle the problem of its ageing population. But researchers are not optimistic young Chinese will be convinced to have more children, largely due to the cost of raising them.
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Senator Manny Pacquiao has asked President Rodrigo Duterte for a meeting following what his camp claims was an invalid PDP-Laban council assembly last Monday, an official of the Philippines' largest political party said Wednesday.
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An official of PDP-Laban on Tuesday said Sen. Manny Pacquiao is only the acting president of the party and was not duly elected, but his membership is a "plus factor."
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There is nothing unconstitutional or illegal in asking President Rodrigo Duterte to seek the vice-presidency in the 2022 elections, an official of his political party said Tuesday.
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China has relaxed its family planning policy to allow couples to have 3 children after a census showed its population is rapidly aging, state media reported Monday, further unwinding 4 decades of controls in the world's most populous nation, which have strangled the birthrate.
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Sen. Richard Gordon on Monday said he is willing to let go of his plans of running for president next year should there be a better candidate.
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Facebook Inc's oversight board on Wednesday upheld the company's suspension of former U.S. President Donald Trump but said the company was wrong to make the suspension indefinite and gave it six months to determine a "proportionate response."
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